Ariel Gail

Prof. Gail S. Goodman has been an outstanding professor of psychology since 1993. She is also the director for the Center for Public Policy Research, University of California Davis. Her name is well-known for starting modern scientific studies of the memory of children as eyewitnesses and the use of child victims in court settings. Professor Goodman is a prolific writer who has received several prizes and grants. She has been a consultant to numerous governments and agencies throughout the world on policies and studies on children as victims within the legal system. She is currently a advisor to the Special Assault Forensic Evaluation Center in Sacramento County Child Protective Services (formerly Multidisciplinary Interview Center). She is a member of several professional associations such as that of Association for Psychological Science and American Psychological Association. (Divisions Experimental Psychology Developmental Psychology Society for Children and Families policy and practice American Psychology Law Society Psychology of Women and Traumatic Stress 56) Professor Goodman is also a member of the Psychonomics Society Society for Research in Child Development American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (Founding Member) International Society for the prevention of child abuse and Neglect and the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Professor Goodman was the president of American Psychological Association Divisions for Child and Family Policy and Practice Division American Psychology Law Society and Division Developmental Psychology.